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Anugayathri Jawahar1, Aruna Vade1.
Abstract
The varying presentations of neonatal breast enlargement on imaging have been underreported in the literature. Our case report profiles a 3-week-old female patient who presented with a history of left breast enlargement with redness and tenderness for 2 days, who was clinically diagnosed and managed for neonatal mastitis, which was actually a neonatal breast enlargement with adjacent cellulitis. Awareness that physiologic neonatal breast enlargement can be associated with adjacent cellulitis without mastitis can prevent unnecessary hospitalization and treatment with parenteral antibiotics.Entities:
Keywords: Cellulitis; neonatal breast enlargement; neonatal mastitis
Year: 2014 PMID: 25024978 PMCID: PMC4089122 DOI: 10.4103/2249-4847.134701
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Neonatol ISSN: 2249-4847